nom-, nomen-, nomin-, -nomia, -nomic
(Latin: name)
Don't confuse this element with the Greek nomo- which means "law"; or with nomo- meaning "meadow, pasture" and by extension, "acute ulcerative process" and "gangrene".
denominationalist
An adherent or advocate of denominational church principles or of a denominational system.
denominationally
denominative
1. Having the quality or function of naming; characterized by giving a name to something.
2. Formed or derived from a noun.
denominator
In arithmetic and algebra, the number written below the line in a common fraction, which gives the denomination or value of the parts into which the integer is divided; the corresponding expression in an algebraical fraction, denoting the divisor.
dysnomia
Anomic aphasia (any disturbance in the comprehension or expression of language due to brain lesion).
heterophenomenology
The method of studying the consciousness of other people.
hydronomy, hydronomous
A system of river-names.
ignominious
1. Involving a total loss of dignity and pride and making someone or something appear shamefully weak and ineffective.
2. Deserving condemnation and contempt.
ignominiously
1. Descriptive of a total loss of dignity and self-respect or an incurring of public disgrace.
2. A reference to a disgraceful act.
ignominy
1. Great personal dishonor or humiliation.
2. Shameful or disgraceful action, conduct, or character.
3. From French ignominie, from Old French, from Latin ignominia (influenced by gnoscere, "to know").
innominate
1. Without a name; unnamed.
2. Anonymous.
isophenomenal
About a line on a map, connecting places at which phenomena of any kind are equal.
Joannes est nomen ejus.
John is his name.
Motto of the Territory of Puerto Rico.
lethonomia
1. A tendency to forget names.
2. The inability to recall the right name.
An expression of nominal aphasia (any disturbance in the comprehension or expression of language due to brain lesion).
misnomer
1. A wrong or unsuitable name or term for something or someone.
2. A use of a wrong or unsuitable name or term to describe something or someone.
Related "name" units:
onomato-;
-onym.
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